Shield for protecting taper-flame of gas-burners



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W. D. SGHOOLEY. SHIELD EGE EEOTEGTING TAEEE FLAME 0E GAS BUENEES.

Patented Octl 17, 1.88.2.1

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WILSON D. sOHOOLEY, OF RICHMOND, INDIANA.

SHIELD FOR PROTECTING TAPER-FLAME OF GAS-BURNERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 266,210, dated October 17,1882,

' Application led J une 17, 1882. (No model.)

To all lwhom tt may concern:

Be it known that I, WILSON. D. SOHOOLEY,

a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of Wayne and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shields for Protecting the Small Taper or Flame of Gas-Burners; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certainnew and useful improvements in shields for preventing the small taper or flame of the gasburners of street-lamps from being blown out by the force ofthe wind; and to this end the invention cousists in the combination, with a gas-burner'and means for supplying the gas for feeding a small taper or dame, of a shield enlarged at its central point, with perforations through it above and below said central point, and arranged around and extending above the-tip of a gasburner, and having a iiame-opening and a collar which tits snugly around the burner to hold said shield in place, all as will be hereinafter fully described, and set forth in the claim hereto annexed.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, the figure representsa vertical section ot' an apparatus for the supply ot' the gas to the burner to feed a small taper or lame,and showing the shield as applied to the burner.

Having been granted a patent for the apparatus herein shown, dated May 16, 1882, and numbered 258,136, I will only refer to such parts as are necessary for understanding the present invention.

In the drawing, A represents the main gassupply tube for the burner B, which tube is opened or closed by a valve, C, adapted to be automatically operated by any of the welllrnown means now in use for that purpose.

D represents a branch tube leading trom the gas-supply tube A, for supplying gas to the burner B in sufficient quantity to feed a small l taper or flame when the main tube A is closed by the valve C.

E represents a shield, enlarged at its central point, with perforations through it above and below said central point, and arranged arpund and extending above the tip of the burner B, and having a flame-opening, e, and a collar, d, which tits snugly around the burner to hold the shield in place. while permitting free access ot' air to the flame, so breaks the torce ot' the wind that the small taper or dame (left burning to insure the ignition ofthe main gas-supply) will not be blown out ,and is made especially, and of the particuular form shown, for that purpose.

The advantages of my improvement will be readily understood when applied to all the street-lamps ot' a town or city in order to insure the ignition of the main gas-supply to all the burners of the street-1am ps.

I am aware that shields for gas-burners cxtending above the tips thereof` and having airopenings through their lower portions are Old; and such I do not wish to be understood as claiming broadly as of my invention.

Having thus-fully described my invention, what I`claiIn,-and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with a gas-burner and means for regulating the supply of gas to feed a small taper or tlame, of a shield enlarged at its central point, with perforations through it above and below said point, arranged around and extending above the tip ot' said burner, and having a dame-opening, and a collarwhich tits sn ugly around the burner to hold the shield in` place, substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and described.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILSON D. SGHOOLEY. Witnesses: JOHN BRADWAY, S. E. SHUTE.

The perforated shield, 

